MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	174% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '23 at 22:32
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 643 61% 507 Pts	64-Core 815 50% 815 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.8% Very good	Lighting 95.5 Reflection 107 Parallax 107 78% 103 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 94.9 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 512GB 20,736 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 221GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1644 569 569 577 581 577 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,237 Write 808 Mixed 1,399 SusWrite 752 236% 1,049 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 54.6 173% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 686 DQ Write 413 DQ Mixed 628 447% 576 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 267%
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,882 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 238GB free Firmware: EMT03D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 289 291 289 291 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 291 Mixed 279 SusWrite 290 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 36.3 135% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 242 207% 305 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2800 C16 8x4GB 223 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 46.6 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 48 132% 46.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 22.3 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 138%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	23.6"	1920 1080	SCE0301 SCEI MONITOR

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Gaming 81%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	24x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	24x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	9x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	9x

SSD
MX300 SATA M.2 275GBCrucial $42Bench 80%, 16,792 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	4x
WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TBBench 285%, 20,671 samples	4x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 79%, 1,332 samples	5x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 8x4GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 24 samples	4x
HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBKingstonBench 89%, 6,294 samples	4x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $416

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16